The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-05-25
A. HORRIBLE NIGHT.
Miss St. George Hussey's First
Experience on a Sleeping Car.
From the Kans Is Times.7

From the Kans, s Times
Miss st. George Hussey, OF the
Big Four company, is "a remarka-
hle woman, who has seen a great
deal of the world. She is Irish by
birth, and has been on the stage
since n child She is the only wo-
man in America who successfully
inpersonates All Irish male charac-
ter. She is thoroughly conversant
with all the standard plays, having
for many years been stock mem
Der of European dramatic compa-
MES in which she was recognized
as a more than ordinary efficient
member owing to her capabilities
| of assuming any sort of character
either male or female. She has
impersorated every character in
the colleen Buwn," and DAYS
gone by played Lending parts in
many of. Boucicault's plays, and
supported that actor in his early ca
reer. Her Irish representations
finale characters are remarkable.
After making decided hit before
a critical Dublin audience some
years ago, she mede that
line her speciality and has followed
it ever since. or the stage Miss
Iiusscy (who is now the wife of
Chas. II Lorraine, of Wilson &
R'nkin's nlinstrels) is a Jolly,
@boles' lied woman, liked by every
one. Having travelled all over
the world she is able to tell a good
many furry and interesting stories
OF her varied experiences, the fun
niest OF which, perhaps, is her first
experience in Pullman sleeping
car.
at was the day after my first
arrival in America" said that lady |
the other day, when engaged
berth in a sleeper going from
New York to Providence. I held
my ticket for bed, and just be
fore train time I applied to the
conductor to show me to the ladies
compartments. l remember the
conductor very well, and he was
real decent looking sort of fellow
who took-me cordially by the hand
and ushcred me into the car. The
first thing l knew | was surround
ed by a lot of men-men, mind
you, who were pulling and tuy-
ging away, and rapidly divesting
themselves OF all their clothing.
Good Cod cried l, Selling the
conductor by the arm, L want the
ladies compartment; what do you
name, sur, by showing me among
a lot of scalawags loike that, you
miserable scamp? Take me out o
this
The conductor assured me it
was all right and tried to explain
my position, but a divil bit of it
would l have. See here I cried,
1 have paid for bed in the ladies'
compartment, and don't propos !
t. go to bed with lot of men.
am respectable woman, do you
hearP Immediately everybody in
the car began lau2 ching, and a young
woman stuck her head from behind
a pair OF curtains and tried to con.
sole me. Git out, SEE to her,
sure and you are no better than
the rest of EN-. Amt you ashame
to sit there without any clothes''
The woinan's brazenness shocked
me so completely, and l started to
leave the place when the train
pulle out.
{" There is your bed. mum,
says the conductor, spreading a
pair Of curtains and revealing
litCle cot scarcely big enough for
a cheese box.
''Great Scott ] asked, you sure
ly don't expect me to Shape in
there, do your" | was dunlfonnded,
and stool sta. Ing Al the shrimped-
up bed, when dirty little snip OPP
posite to me pulled off his pants